419 by Will Ferguson

419 by Will Ferguson

From internationally bestselling travel writer Will Ferguson, author of Happiness(tm) and Spanish Fly, comes a novel both epic in its sweep and intimate in its portrayal of human endurance.

A car tumbles through darkness down a snowy ravine.

A woman without a name walks out of a dust storm in sub-Saharan Africa.

And in the seething heat of Lagos City, a criminal cartel scours the Internet, looking for victims.

Lives intersect. Worlds collide. And it all begins with a single email: "Dear Sir, I am the daughter of a Nigerian diplomat, and I need your help..."

Will Ferguson takes readers deep into the labyrinth of lies that is "419," the world's most insidious Internet scam.

When Laura Curtis, a lonely editor in a cold northern city, discovers that her father has died because of one such swindle, she sets out to track down--and corner--her father's killer. It is a dangerous game she's playing, however, and the stakes are higher than she can ever imagine.

Woven into Laura's journey is a mysterious woman from the African Sahel with scars etched into her skin and a young man who finds himself caught up in a web of violence and deceit.

And running through it, a dying father's final words: "You, I love."

Will Ferguson was born in the Alberta town of Fort Vermillion. Why I Hate Canadians, his first book, was a national bestseller. Bastards and Boneheads and Canadian History for Dummies are two of his most recent books. Ferguson is also the author of Hokkaido Highway Blues, a critically praised travel story, and The Hitchhiker's Guide to Japan, a budget traveler's favorite.

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ISBN 13	9780143176015
ISBN 10	0143176013
Title	419
Author	Will Ferguson
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Penguin Books Canada Ltd
Year published	2013-03-26
Number of pages	432
Prizes	Winner of Scotiabank Giller Prize 2012
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.